| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. Jessie B. Strickland | Analyst |
| Mr. Roger W. Able | Chairperson | ||
| Mr. Larry C. Bergquist | Member | ||
| Ms. Barbara J. Ellis | Member |
2. The applicant requests that he be awarded the Purple Heart.
3. The applicant states, in effect, that he was wounded in action in Vietnam on 10 December 1968 and was not awarded the Purple Heart for his wounds. In support of his application he submits a copy of the order that awarded him the Bronze Star Medal (BSM) with "V" Device and which indicates that he was wounded and medically evacuated.
4. The applicant’s military records show that on 28 February 1969, the applicant was awarded the BSM with "V" Device for heroism in connection with ground operations against a hostile force in Vietnam on 10 December 1968. He was serving as a special forces sergeant first class at the time and the citation for the BSM indicates that the applicant received serious wounds during the assault and that he called in his own medical evacuation.
5. A review of the available records fails to show that he was ever awarded the Purple Heart for those wounds.
6. The applicant was honorably released from active duty in the pay grade of E-7 on 30 September 1974 and was transferred to the Retired list effective 1 October 1974.
7. Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for a wound sustained as a result of hostile action. Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was a result of hostile action, that the wound must have required treatment by a medical officer, and that the medical treatment was made a matter of official record.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. Although the applicant's medical records are not available for review by the Board, the Board finds that the orders which awarded him the BSM with "V" device adequately substantiates that the applicant was wounded in action on 10 December 1968 and that he was medically evacuated for treatment.
2. Accordingly, the Board finds that it would be in the interest of justice to award him the Purple Heart to which he is entitled at this time.
3. In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION: That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by awarding the individual concerned the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Vietnam on 10 December 1968, while serving in the rank of sergeant first class.
BOARD VOTE:
__be ____ __lb ____ ___ra___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
_____Roger W. Able_______
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2003085090 |
| SUFFIX | |
| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 2003/07/10 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. 61 | 107.0015/PH |
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